WASHINGTON - House Democrats are weighing extraordinary steps to secure testimony from a whistleblower whose complaint prompted an impeachment inquiry, masking his identity to prevent President Donald Trump's congressional allies from exposing the individual, according to three officials familiar with the deliberations.
The steps under consideration include having the whistleblower testify from a remote location and obscuring the individual's appearance and voice, these officials said.
The efforts reflect the deepening distrust between Democrats running the impeachment inquiry of Trump and their GOP colleagues they see as fully invested in defending a president who has attacked the whistleblower's credibility and demanded absolute loyalty from Republicans.
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WNU Editor: This impeachment inquiry is being held behind closed doors, and now this?!?!?!? Masking the identity of the whistleblower by having him placed in a remote location while also changing his appearance and voice when he delivers his testimony. But it gets worse. Much worse. House Democrats also want to bar GOP lawmakers from questioning the whistleblower and only allow staffers to question him outside of the Capitol. This is what I call a kangaroo court.
